CVE-2008-0742 Information

Description

Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in PowerScripts PowerNews 2.5.6 allow remote attackers to read and include arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the (1) subpage parameter in (a) categories.inc.php (b) news.inc.php (c) other.inc.php (d) permissions.inc.php (e) templates.inc.php and (f) users.inc.php in pnadmin/; and (2) the page parameter to (g) pnadmin/index.php. NOTE: vector 2 is only exploitable by administrators.

Reference

http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3647 http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/487773/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27688 https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5082